Torsion Pairs in Stable Categories

Abstract

Let 𝒞 be a triangulated category. When ω is a functorially finite subcategory of 𝒞, Jøtrgensen showed that the stable category 𝒞/ω is a pretriangulated category. A pair (𝒳, 𝒴) of subcategories of 𝒞 with ω ⊆ 𝒳 ∩ 𝒴 gives rise to a pair (𝒳/ω, 𝒴/ω) of subcategories of 𝒞/ω. In this article, we find conditions for (𝒳/ω, 𝒴/ω) to be a torsion pair in terms of properties of the pair (𝒳, 𝒴). In particular, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for (𝒳/ω, 𝒴/ω) to be a torsion pair in the stable category 𝒞/ω when τω = ω, where τ is the Auslander–Reiten translation.